Though I cringe at lyrics that portray God as the distant (and disinterested) old man in the sky, I have to admit this song-- as it stands-- is very powerful.
Here's Kari Jobe shown singing this powerful song. Here she's shown singing it live.
HT: Paul Dazet
Tags: Revelation Song, Kari Jobe
This YouTube video featuring Ed Young Jr. addressing his church staff has attracted both criticism and concern.
It comes across as typical passive-agressive conflict resolution-- shooting a public shotgun of concern-- instead of privately addressing the person (or people) who needed to hear this the most.
Interesting.
HT: MondayMorning Insights
Tags: Ed Young Jr., Church Pirates
Posted below is a YouTube video of Shane Claiborne talking about his latest book, Jesus for President, a book I am currently reading.
If you'd like to see what thoughtful, progressive Christians are saying (and doing), you might enjoy this book.
Updated on Wednesday:
If you're still unconvinced & are looking or other reasons to examine this book for yourself, here's a discription of the book in-a-nutshell:
Amid all the buzz of politics and elections, Jesus for President is a refreshing reminder that our ultimate hope lies not in partisan political options but in the Jesus who gave his life for us. Politics for ordinary radicals who want to love the world into the kingdom of God.
Jesus for President is a radical manifesto to awaken the Christian political imagination, reminding us that our ultimate hope lies not in partisan political options but in Jesus and the incarnation of the peculiar politic of the church as a people “set apart” from this world...
Also, to hear Shane in person during The Jesus for President Tour click here for more information.
Tags: Shane Claiborne, Jesus for President, Jesus for President Tour
Having visited (and assisted in) numerous inner city missions and food kitchens, I'm particularly interested in stories like this one.
Recorded below is the story of those who pour out their lives to serve the poor, hungry and homeless in one of the most dangerous city blocks in America.
Here's Part 1:
Here is the rest of the series:
HT: Jordon Cooper
Sojo has a message of peace, social justice and community/individual transformation. I'm pleased to run across several of their videos posted on YouTube.
Maybe you'd like to view a few of them for yourself.
Click here.
From Emergent Village:
Dan Kimball’s book They Like Jesus But Not the Church now has a companion six-session DVD curriculum (due out in March), which “looks at the understandable questions and perceptions that people outside of the church have.”
These questions include:
- “Is the church judgmental, negative and political?”
- “Does the church arrogantly think they are right and all other religions wrong?”
- “Is the church homophobic?”
Here's a related video from YouTube:
HT: Emergent Viliage
Click here for the link at Zondervan.
Tags: Dan Kimball
I'm not a big fan of Mark Driscoll, but he does a fairly good job of critiquing Joel Osteen's theology. Let me encourage you to watch the entire clip because he makes some good points.
At the risk of sounding jealous or callous, this will be my final post on this topic (for now). ;-)
HT: Bob Blog
Tags: Joel Osteen
You gotta love it!
It unepectedly brought tears to my eyes. Wow.
To learn more about Juan's story or to join the Free Hugs movement, please click here.
HT: Youth Specialties
Tags: Free hugs campaign, hugs
I ran across this today.
Maybe it's time for us to be a better church than building a bigger one.
To read more, click here.
HT: Next-wave
Tags: Jim Henderson, off-the-map
